Fence



(Model.)

P. R. HINE.

l FENCE. No. 370,478. `Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

gli" 25' N. PETERS. Pnnmumugnplwr. wnhinswn, D. C.

PHILIP R. HINE, OF SPENCER, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,478, dated September 2'7.` 1887"- Application led April 6, 1887. Serial No. 233,921.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP R. I-IINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spencer, in the county of Medinaand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fences; and it consists in a fence to be set in the ground, in which the rails are secured together and to the posts by bindingwires in such a manner as to produce a strong, durable, and cheap fence, entirely free from all complex construction, and designed to be very easily and quickly erected.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figurel is a perspective view of the fence. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line x as, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asimilar view on the line yy of Fig. 1, looking at the opposite side of the saine post.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A A designate the vertical posts of the fence, to which are secured the ends of the horizontal rails B I5, (three being here shown,) and C is a wiresecured at the end to the bottom of the post and passing up on the outer side of the said rails.

c c are staples driven into the said post over the wire above mentioned and between the rails, to draw the said wire in tightly around the rails to hold them in position, as shown in the drawings.

D D are braces, crossed near the upper ends over the vertical posts A, and E represents a diagonal or inclined under rider resting at the upper end in the angle of the braces and at the lower end on the upper end of the vertical post at the other end of the panel.

G are riders resting at the ends in the upper angles of the braces, and the said parts are held in their proper relative positions, as described, by the tie-wire C, which, after leaving the upper staple, c, passes over the upper end of the post, binding the lower end of the rider E firmly in place, and a staple, d, secures the wire on the opposite side of the fence. The said wirefrom thence passes upwardly around the crossing of the braces D D, over the ends of the riders G, binding them down rmly in the angle between the upper ends of the braces, and the end ofthe same is carried down to the (Model.)

tire construction at the junctionol the panels Y by arranging it in the manner described.

The operation of building the fence is eX- tremely simple, and the parts thereof are designed to mutually brace each other. The vertical posts are iirst driven into the ground along the line of the prospective fence, and the panel-rails are secured thereto by the wire C, beginning at the bottom. The braces are then driven into the ground at thedesired angle, with the upper ends thereof crossing over the upper ends of the said vertical posts. The under riders, and lastly the riders, are laid in their proper positions, and then the entire con struction is tied together by the wire O in the manner hereinbefore described.

For large cattle it is not necessary to use the lower rails, and the tie-wire is then started near the upper end of the post. It is some times preferable to use barbed or other wire, instead of the said lower rails, and in that case they may be secured in place by staples, as shownin the figures, thus obviating the neces sity of carrying the tie-wire down to the botn tom of the post.

The inclined under riders are a great addition to the longitudinal strength of the fence, and as all the parts of the device are very strongly and rigidly tied together by the biud ing-wire, the fence will be found eminently superior to anything of the kind heretofore invented.

`Nhen the lower part of the fence is constructed of barbed wire, the riders at the upper part thereof serve as a guard to prevent the stock from injuring themselves thereon.

Having now described the construction and advantages of vmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

rI he combination, in a fence, of the posts A, rails B, braces D, crossed above the upper ends of the posts, under riders resting at the lower ends on the tops of the said posts and at the upper ends in the upper angles of the said braces, upper or top riders, (l, resting at the ends inthe said angles, and the tie-wire secured at the lower end to the bottom of the post, carried vertically up the suine, drawn in tially as and for the purpose hereinbefore 1o between the rails, and secured to the post by clearly set forth. staples to hold the said rails in place, thesuid In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Wire being passed over the upper end of the own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in pres- 5 post to bind the lower end of the under rider enee of two Witnesses.

thereto, around the braces to secure the upper PHILIP R. HINE. ends thereof together, over the ends of the up- Witnesses:

per riders, und secured to the upper end of the ADAM GRISINGER,

said post in any suitable manner, substan- O. SHREFFLERa 

